Greg Maddux (97.2%), Tom Glavine (91.9% ) and Frank Thomas (83.7%) will be inducted. They will join Tony LaRussa, Bobby Cox and Joe Torre, who were selected by the veteran’s committee. All three players seemed destined to be inducted based on their career resumes. Though of course, they weren’t unanimous votes because some voters just won’t vote anyone in on the first ballot.

Craig Biggio barely missed joining them with (74.8%) of the vote. He’ll probably reach induction next season. Jack Morris, who was in his final year on the ballot, saw his percentage decrease. He was on 61.5 percent of the ballots.

As expected, Edgar Martinez’s percentage dropped this year. He was on just 25.2 percent of the ballots. His percentage has slipped from 35.9 percent last year and 36.5 percent the year before that.

With the addition of Maddux, Glavine, Thomas and others to this class, it seemed reasonable that Martinez’s numbers would go down. In the search for positives for the game’s greatest designated hitter, Thomas did play more games at DH (1,310) than he did at first base (969). Obviously, it’s different for Edgar, but it’s a glimmer of hope.